I don't think this is wrong at all. JJ and Haliburton said essentially the same thing: Chemistry is hugely important to the success of teams. Obviously you can have so much talent that it overcomes whatever issues arise, but not every team can be the 97-98 Bulls

Woyas/Pacers turned into a barnburner.

Also, Andrew Nembhard is the truth apparently.

Big win for the Pacers. And holy cow Nembhard Goat

Curry had an off night, or someone played good d lol

Curry missed some open looks but Nembhard is the same guy that helped lock up LeBron for most of that Lakers comeback (along with Nesmith). Dude is for real.

Finished with 31/8/13 cause why not

There have been four 30 point games by rookies this year:

One by Paolo Banchero

Two by Bennedict Mathurin

One by Andrew Nembhard

Take that for data

I watched most of Nembhard's games over the past couple years and thought he was a very solid college player who wouldn't play in the NBA. I was surprised he got drafted so high and even more surprised he was starting. I just thought he was solid at everything but not really great at anything (except running transition offense which I thought would maybe be enough for him to be a 3rd string PG or something). Now watching Gonzaga go from #1 in the country to barely ranked without him and watching him kill it for the Pacers I was clearly underrating him. It's fun to see him killing it especially since Chet is out for the year.

yeah he didn't look like more than a solid college player, kinda didn't even know who he was, but 31/8r/13a is wild


another one for the national team ... one of these years we gotta win something, right? right!?

Indy gave him the largest contract every for a 2nd round rookie. Granted, he was 2.01.

Averaging 20p, 10a, and 6r over his last 3 while shooting the hell out of the ball.

I told you guys, Pacers are making the Finals.

The Pacers basically are the Canadian National Team. Nembhard, Duarte, and Mathurin are all on there.

Add guys like SGA and baby, you got a poutine goin'

If the Pacers somehow bink the #1 pick, would you trade it for SGA + Thunder's pick (Let's say it's around the #5~ pick)?

Or is the prospect of having Wembanyama making him entirely off limits?

Nemby>Wemby, but yeah, you still take him.

Street Clothes might be back.

Spo on the hot seat?

I'm shocked signing Fat Lowry has tanked a good team

Of course AD gets hurt again. Lmfao

Let’s gooo luka!

Just locked in a small live game bet on Dallas at neg 2.5 right when they hit that shot at the buzzer lol, let's gooo Dallas.

Jamal Murray got terrible huh? He has killed the Nuggets tonight

jfc hardaway...how do you miss two FTs like that? i suck so bad at sports betting

Yet he was +15 while Jokic was +2 and Braun was second on team at +5.

Really random.

Had 11/12 leg parlay. My only miss was Murray needing 15+ points wtf

Still take Wembanyama?

I don't know.. I'd really have to consider trading him for SGA + ~#5 pick, for these reasons.

1. SGA is playing like a top 5~ player AORN. You get the known All-NBA prospect over the "mystery box" factor of "how good" will Wembanyama really be?
2. Factoring in the chances that Wembanyama's career gets railroaded by injuries as he's likely a legit 7'5'' when he's done growing. A major cautionary tale is Ralph Sampson, who had guard skills himself and had his career go by the way side with a litany of injury issues.
3. This draft is deep, so getting the #5 pick would allow taking another pretty good prospect. OR you could take the #5 pick + salary filler for a great fitting veteran who's pretty damn good.
4. ?????
5. Profit Pacers Championships Dynasty!

He certainly got his shots up and go good looks. Rough beat

Couple problems.

1) Value: most people agree Wemby is worth basically 20 FRP. So a team like OKC, that actually has nearly that many, is going to have to part with more than just SGA+1 to get him. SGA is great, but Wemby's upside is so high that the price would be significantly higher

2) Fit: SGA is a 2, so he's taking Mathurin's spot. Thats fine since he's better, but it kills any trajectory Ben would've otherwise had since neither is super likely to thrive at the 3. Meanwhile Wemby fits fine at the 4.

Reisgn Myles (or get a big bodied Steven Adams type at the 5) and you're just a 3&D wing away from trouble.

The Pacers' backcourt is set right now. Long term starters Hali/Ben, long term bench Comfortably Nemb/Duarte. We need wings much more than an upgrade at the 2, even if SGA is the man.

Wembanyama gonna be a legendary bust.

I get the Pacers don't have the NEED for SGA relative to other teams, but for most teams I'm 100% doing a top 5 pick swap + SGA for Wemby.

I also think SGA is mega elite top tier of NBA stars. I told McLovin at the start of the season my hot take was SGA > Ja and I'm sticking by it